Minecraft Pocket Edition 1.18

The Minecraft PE 1.18.0 update, titled Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II, enhances the game with new biomes, improved world generation, and increased vertical space for exploration. Released on November 30, 2021, this major update continues to refine the caves and cliffs overhaul introduced in the previous update.

Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 1.18.0 Update Overview

Update Name: Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II
Platform: Pocket Edition (PE)
Version Number: 1.18.0
Release Date: November 30, 2021
Revision Type: Major Release

Overview: Minecraft Pocket Edition (PE) 1.18.0, also known as the Caves & Cliffs Update: Part II, was launched on November 30, 2021. This major update continues the overhaul of caves, mountains, and cliffs introduced in the first part of the Caves & Cliffs update, bringing a host of new biomes, improved world generation, and more vertical exploration space.

New Features

• Items:
  • Music Discs: Added Lena Raine’s track, “otherside.”
• Mobs:
  • No new mobs introduced in this update.
• Biomes:
  • New Biomes Added:
    • Frozen Peaks
    • Grove
    • Jagged Peaks
    • Meadow
    • Snowy Slopes
    • Stony Peaks
  • Biome Name Changes:
    • Stone Shore is now Stony Shore
    • Snowy Tundra is now Snowy Plains
    • Mountains is now Windswept Hills
    • Wooded Mountains is now Windswept Forest
    • Gravelly Mountains is now Windswept Gravelly Hills
    • Shattered Savanna is now Windswept Savanna
    • Wooded Badlands Plateau is now Wooded Badlands
    • Tall Birch Forest is now Old Growth Birch Forest
    • Giant Tree Taiga (Mega Taiga) is now Old Growth Pine Taiga
    • Giant Spruce Taiga is now Old Growth Spruce Taiga
    • Jungle Edge is now Sparse Jungle
  • Biome General Changes:
    • Lush Caves and Dripstone Caves biomes now generate naturally.
    • Various biome variants with similar features have been merged:
      • Dark Forest Hills now part of the Dark Forest biome
      • Desert Hills, Desert Lakes merged into the Desert biome
      • Jungle Hills merged into the Jungle biome
      • Mesa Plateau merged into the Mesa biome
      • Shattered Savanna Plateau merged into the Windswept Savanna biome
      • Wooded Hills merged into the Forest biome
• Status Effects:
  • No new status effects added.
• Enchantments:
  • No new enchantments added.
• Game Commands:
  • No new game commands added.
• General Changes:
  • Expanded world height and depth by 50%, adding more vertical space for exploration and building.
  • Introduced new cave generation to enhance exploration below existing worlds.
  • Significant updates to biome, cave, and ore generation to improve gameplay experience.
  • Various bug fixes.

Learn about each Minecraft Pocket Edition version and its updates in our detailed list.